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France’s Lower House votes against EU-Mercosur FTA
15-Jun-2023 MercoPress
The bill is asking the Executive to refuse to sign the pact, as well as supporting its possible suspension in case the environmental conditions established in the Paris Agreement are not respected.
Korea seeks digital trade pact with EU
13-Jun-2023 The Korea Times
Korea will push to clinch a bilateral pact on digital trade with the European Union to facilitate trade in the digital realm and to enhance industry cooperation, the industry ministry said.
Indonesia accuses EU of ’regulatory imperialism’ with Deforestation Law
12-Jun-2023 Kontan
Indonesia sees the European Union as conducting "regulatory imperialism" with its new deforestation law, but both sides would still engage in talks on a free trade deal, an Indonesian minister said.
S. Korea calls for non-discriminatory application of EU acts
12-Jun-2023 Yonhap News Agency
South Korea called on the European Union to ensure its new acts on batteries, critical minerals and net-zero goals are not discriminatory against foreign companies, as the two sides seek to enhance trade and industry ties, Seoul’s industry ministry said.
Analysis: Spain hatches plan to win Macron over to EU-Mercosur trade pact
9-Jun-2023 Reuters
The Spanish Prime Minister will attempt to persuade the French President the Mercosur pact would help the EU to broaden its alliances with other open, democratic nations and to "rebalance" the geopolitical map.
EU warns against adjusting Mercosur trade deal
9-Jun-2023 Reuters
The European Commission said it would be unwise to renegotiate parts of its proposed free trade agreement with Brazil and other countries of the Mercosur bloc, given it took two decades to reach an initial deal.
The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, its impacts on agriculture
8-Jun-2023 The Greens/EFA
The EU will import more meat and other agricultural products - with them, emissions, deforestation, soil contamination and human rights abuses - while endangering local farmers’ livelihoods in the Mercosur region and in the European Union.
Trade Minister Don Farrell declares he could ’walk away’ from lucrative EU trade deal amid tense negotiations
7-Jun-2023 Sky
As trade negotiations in Brussels heat up, Australia and the European Union are still yet to overcome major impasses over naming rights of beloved products and market access.
German FM calls Brazil to align more with the West
7-Jun-2023 Euractiv
The still not yet ratified EU-Mercosur trade deal could be among the main keys to the rapprochement of like-minded democratic states as it would “make it clear that democracies when they work together, can solve global challenges,” said German Foreign Minister.
EU, Mercosur will ’take time’ to conclude trade deal, says French official
7-Jun-2023 Buenos Aires Times
French government official says European Union and Mercosur both want to "take their time" to finalise trade deal.
LEAK: EU to prioritise Mercosur deal, establish closer ties with Latin America
7-Jun-2023 Euractiv
The EU will prioritise concluding a long-delayed trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc and closer institutional cooperation as it seeks new allies to reduce economic dependencies on China and counter Russia.
The trade minister for Indonesia argued that Europe was discriminating and frequently looked for conflict with Indonesia
7-Jun-2023 CNBC Indonesia
Zulkifli Hasan, the minister of trade, said frankly that recent difficulties have made cooperation with the EU challenging. As a result, he acknowledged that he was developing a plan to predict how the EU would act.
Trade chief to fly to Brussels to bat for PH-EU free trade deal
6-Jun-2023 ABS CBN
Trade Secretary Alfredo Pascual will be in Brussels this month to continue talks on the Philippines’ trade with the European Union and the country’s bid to have a free trade deal with the EU.
India plans to challenge EU carbon tax at WTO
5-Jun-2023 Reuters
The exporters’ body warned the EU plan could make India’s free trade agreements with other countries and a proposed pact with the EU "redundant" as the prices of many exporters’ goods would rise.
"The EU Agreement doesn’t favor Moroccan growers"
5-Jun-2023 Horti Daily
The objective was the agricultural development of Morocco’s rural population and traditional farmers. It’s been a fallacy because the rural population hasn’t developed and Moroccan farmers haven’t improved their situation.
Palm oil dispute won’t have bearing on Indonesia, Malaysia EU trade talks, minister says
5-Jun-2023 Reuters
A dispute between the European Union and major palm oil producers Indonesia and Malaysia over a new deforestation law will have no bearing on the two countries’ stalled negotiations with the bloc on free trade agreements, a Malaysian minister said.
Australia trade minister heads to Europe aiming to seal EU-FTA
2-Jun-2023 BNN Bloomberg
Australia’s Trade Minister Don Farrell will head to Brussels for the final rounds of negotiations on a free trade agreement with the European Union, which both sides signaled may be completed by the end of the European summer.
EU, US to weigh China, AI, trade strains at high-level Sweden talks
31-May-2023 Reuters
Top US and European Union officials meet to weigh how best to deal with China and cooperate on artificial intelligence and other future technology as well as EU complaints about Trump-era tariffs and US green subsidies.
Lula pledges to defend SMEs in EU-Mercosur deal
30-May-2023 MercoPress
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted that his government’s purchases were “non-negotiable” and promised not to give in because it would entail killing the possibility of growth of small and medium-sized companies.
NGOs urge EU not to ratify damaging trade agreement with the Mercosur block on back of new deforestation law
24-May-2023 Alianza Cero Deforestacion
50 environmental and human rights groups from around the world expressed grave concern that the EU will use its new deforestation regulation to ratify the trade deal with Mercosur.